Be Consistent

LETTERS FROM READERS

June 25, 1997

TO BE fair and consistent on this issue, those who are proposing that we apologize for slavery should likewise call upon the descendants of those tribal leaders in Africa who, in many cases, sold their own people to the slave traders also to issue an apology.

Frankly, this latest move is nothing more than ''politically correct'' posturing on the part of Bill Clinton and others who want to make themselves feel good.